Ferrari AF Corse wrapped up the World Endurance Championship’s (WEC) practice programme today by topping the third session’s timesheet in the Bapco Energies 8 Hours of Bahrain at Bahrain International Circuit (BIC).

Their #50 crew of Antonio Fuoco, Miguel Molina, and Nicklas Nielsen in their Ferrari 499P Hypercar set the pace with a quickest lap time of 1min 49.725secs in the afternoon runs.

They pipped Toyota Gazoo Racing’s #7 crew of Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi, and Nyck de Vries by a mere 0.012secs to first on the classification in their GR010-Hybrid. AF Corse’s #83 trio of Robert Kubica, Yifei Yi, and Philip Hanson finished third 0.339s behind in their Ferrari 499P.

Aston Martin Thor Team’s #009 crew of Alex Riberas, Marco Sorensen, and Roman de Angelis, who led the WEC field in the first two practices in their Valkyrie Hypercar, followed in fourth 0.410s adrift, while Cadillac Hertz Team Jota’s #12 crew of Alex Lynn, Norman Nato, and Will Stevens in their Cadillac V-Series.R came fifth 0427s back.

Leading the LMGT3 class were Iron Lynx’s #61 Martin driven by Martin Berry, Lin Hodenius, and Maxime Martin. They had a best lap time of 2:03.158 in their Mercedes-AMG GT3.

Akkodis ASP Team’s pair of Lexus RC F LMGT3s followed right behind. The #78 triumvirate of Arnold Robin, Finn Gehrsitz, and Ben Barnicoat were 0.376s back, and the #87 trio of Petru Umbrarescu, Clemens Schmid, and Jose Maria Lopez were 0.447s from the leaders.

Vista AF Corse’s #21 crew of Francois Heriau, Simon Mann, and Alessio Rovera in their Ferrari 296 LMGT3 placed fourth 0.582s adrift, while TF Sport’s Tom van Rompuy, Rui Andrade, and Charlie Eastwood in their #81 Corvette Z06 LMGT3.R were 0.602s from the pace-setters.